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Which Games Matter Most?

Posted on August 4, 2017April 3, 2018 by Max Barry

A hot new Arc take on which are the most significant games in terms of finals places:

Finals chances and top-four hopes are on the line for a lot of clubs this weekend. We look at how much each game matters for every team dreaming of playing in September.

Source: Footy Forensics AFL finals swing which games matter most

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Wins % Range
1
Collingwood 18.1 132%
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
1
2
Geelong 16.3 133%
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
2
3
Adelaide 15.0 130%
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
3–5
4
Brisbane Lions 15.1 113%
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
3–5
5
Western Bulldogs 14.6 134%
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
3–7
6
Gold Coast 14.0 118%
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
6–9
7
Hawthorn 14.2 111%
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
4–8
8
Fremantle 13.6 107%
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
6–9
9
GWS 13.1 106%
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
8–9
10
Sydney 10.9 97%
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
10–11
11
Carlton 10.4 103%
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
10–11
12
Port Adelaide 9.5 85%
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
12–14
13
St Kilda 9.0 89%
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
12–14
14
Melbourne 9.0 90%
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
12–15
15
Essendon 8.8 78%
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
13–15
16
North Melbourne 6.9 80%
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
16
17
Richmond 5.2 69%
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
17
18
West Coast 3.0 66%
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
18

After Round 15, 2025.

PROJECTIONS
W L D % History Wins Finish
1
Collingwood 12∗ 2 – 135.0%
+6.1
1
2
Brisbane Lions 10 4 1 113.4%
+4.6
4
3
Geelong 10 5 – 127.5%
+6.3
2
4
Adelaide 9∗ 5 – 135.2%
+6.0
3
5
Hawthorn 9∗ 5 – 111.6%
+5.2
7
6
Fremantle 9∗ 5 – 110.0%
+4.6
8
7
GWS 9 6 – 107.6%
+4.1
9
8
Western Bulldogs 8∗ 6 – 133.4%
+6.6
5
9
Gold Coast 8∗ 5 – 120.1%
+6.0
6
10
Carlton 6∗ 8 – 105.1%
+4.4
11
11
Sydney 6∗ 8 – 92.2%
+4.9
10
12
Port Adelaide 6∗ 8 – 84.0%
+3.5
12
13
Essendon 6∗ 8 – 77.5%
+2.8
15
14
Melbourne 5∗ 9 – 87.1%
+4.0
14
15
St Kilda 5∗ 9 – 86.2%
+4.0
13
16
North Melbourne 4∗ 9 1 82.5%
+2.4
16
17
Richmond 3∗ 11 – 66.6%
+2.2
17
18
West Coast 1∗ 13 – 65.1%
+2.0
18

∗ Yet to play

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Matter of Stats

2 8 4 8 7 7 5 9 6 6 6 6 5 6 5 5

95 20.27 26.90 74.8%
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2 8 4 6 7 7 7 7 8 6 5 5 5 6 6 4

93 18.08 27.61 73.2%
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1 8 6 6 7 7 4 9 7 6 6 6 4 6 6 3

92 20.74 26.69 72.4%
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2 7 3 8 7 8 5 7 6 8 5 6 5 5 6 4

92 19.93 27.67 72.4%
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2 8 5 7 7 7 5 7 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 3

92 19.70 26.93 72.4%
Glicko Ratings

2 8 5 7 7 7 5 7 6 8 6 6 4 6 4 4

92 19.62 26.73 72.4%
Punters

1 8 5 7 7 6 4 7 6 7 6 7 5 6 6 4

92 18.11 27.22 72.4%
Don't Blame the Data

2 8 3 7 7 8 5 7 7 6 6 6 4 6 6 3

91 21.51 26.79 71.7%
s10

2 8 5 7 7 6 5 7 7 6 5 6 5 6 5 4

91 19.62 26.87 71.7%
The Wooden Finger

2 8 4 7 5 7 4 7 8 6 5 6 6 6 6 4

91 18.80 28.32 71.7%
Informed Stats

1 8 6 7 6 7 4 9 7 5 6 5 5 6 5 4

91 18.69 28.03 71.7%
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2 8 5 6 7 7 5 7 6 6 5 6 5 6 5 4

90 21.89 26.48 70.9%
Wheelo Ratings

1 8 5 6 7 6 4 6 7 7 6 6 5 6 4 4

88 20.13 26.53 69.3%
AFLalytics

2 7 5 7 7 6 4 8 7 6 6 6 4 6 4 3

88 19.13 27.05 69.3%
Stattraction

2 7 4 8 6 6 4 8 7 6 5 5 4 6 6 4

88 17.73 27.74 69.3%
Squiggle

1 7 5 8 7 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 4 4

88 17.64 27.65 69.3%
ZaphBot

1 8 6 7 7 6 3 7 7 5 5 7 3 5 6 5

88 17.04 27.71 69.3%
What Snoo Thinks

1 8 3 7 6 8 4 7 8 7 5 5 4 6 5 3

87 19.80 27.27 68.5%
The Cruncher

2 7 5 6 7 6 4 7 6 6 6 6 4 6 4 5

87 19.38 26.48 68.5%
Cheap Stats

1 8 5 7 7 7 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 6 4 3

87 17.05 27.09 68.5%
The Footycast

1 7 5 6 6 6 4 6 8 6 5 6 5 6 5 4

86 11.83 29.33 67.7%
footycharts

2 7 3 8 7 6 5 8 6 6 4 6 4 5 5 3

85 16.98 28.13 66.9%
Massey Ratings

1 8 5 6 6 6 4 6 6 5 5 6 5 6 5 4

84 18.30 27.44 66.1%
Graft

1 5 5 6 7 6 5 7 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 4

83 15.66 28.65 65.4%
PlusSixOne

1 6 2 6 7 6 6 6 8 5 3 6 4 6 6 4

82 9.71 29.27 64.6%
Elo Predicts!

1 7 3 6 7 6 4 8 7 6 4 5 4 4 5 4

81 16.63 27.85 63.8%
Hyperion

1 7 5 6 6 7 3 6 7 5 3 7 4 4 6 4

81 14.37 28.96 63.8%
AFL Scorigami

2 8 4 6 5 6 5 6 5 6 5 5 4 6 4 3

80 13.91 28.40 63.0%

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